Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Seven Oaks (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Seven Oaks. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Seven Oaks is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Oregon's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Siskiyou (CA), Douglas, Josephine & Klamath.
Below are the counties that are near Seven Oaks. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Seven Oaks:
- Jackson County (The home county of Seven Oaks)
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Oaks, with the one closest to Seven Oaks listed first.
- Central Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- White City
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Medford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sams Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
- Eagle Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Phoenix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Sterlingville ‑ Historic
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
- Sterlingville is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterlingville
- Ruch
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- Brownsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Rogue River
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Josephine County
- The following are listed by their distance from Seven Oaks, with the one closest to Seven Oaks listed first.
- Fruitdale
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Fruitdale is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruitdale
- Williams
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Grants Pass
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Murphy
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- New Hope
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- New Hope is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Hope
- Redwood
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Redwood is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Redwood
- Placer
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Placer is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Placer
- Greenback ‑ Historic
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Greenback is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greenback
- Three Pines
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
- Three Pines is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Three Pines
- Merlin
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Wilderville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the west)
- Hugo
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Hugo is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hugo
- Golden ‑ Historic
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Golden is located in Josephine County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Golden
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Seven Oaks, see our County-by-County Page for Seven Oaks.
Cemeteries Near Seven Oaks ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Seven Oaks.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Seven Oaks - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Seven Oaks covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Seven Oaks, with the one closest to Seven Oaks listed first.
- Central Point IOOF Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point IOOF Cemetery
- The Central Point IOOF Cemetery has also been known as:
- Central Point IOOF Cemetery
- Nichols Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
- Jacksonville Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memory Gardens Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Memory Gardens Memorial Park
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Siskiyou Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Medford IOOF Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Griffin Creek Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Pankey Park Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Hays - Gall Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Hays Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Antelope Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (46 more) ...
- John Mathews Pioneer Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Antioch Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Gold Hill IOOF Cemetery
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Seven Oaks in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Seven Oaks.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Seven Oaks, with the one closest to Seven Oaks listed first.
- Central Point
(Less than 2 miles to the southeast)
- Tolo
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Tolo is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tolo
- Table Rock
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Table Rock is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Table Rock
- Jacksonville
(5 miles [8 km] to the south)
- Medford
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Gold Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Sams Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
- Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
- Eagle Point
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Rock Point ‑ Historic
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Rock Point is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
- Draper ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
- Draper is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Draper
- Wellen ‑ Historic
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Wellen is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wellen
- Beagle
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Beagle is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beagle
- Continue List (13 more) ...
- Phoenix
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Brownsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
- Talent
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Seven Oaks. See our List of 1890's Communities around Seven Oaks.
Newspapers Published in Seven Oaks ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 82 newspapers that have been published in the area around Seven Oaks.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Seven Oaks, there are papers which were published within 20 miles [32.2 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Seven Oaks.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we first turn to the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Seven Oaks:
- Websites specific to Oregon
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Oregon
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Seven Oaks, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Seven Oaks) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |